Today's class began with our regular opening Prayers OM chanting 3 times followed by Sahana vavathu. We would like all children to chant these opening verses loud and clear. So please make them practice at home (it will not take more than 5 minutes :) )
We continued learning the qualities in the Dhyana slokam. Yasas- fame and Dhairyam-courage/Being Brave were the topics for today.
We learned how to achieve fame- Hardwork and honest approach towards a noble goal makes us famous.
We saw the story of our Guru Chinmaya JI.
Dhairyam-
What is it?
Doing the right things despite difficulties and obstacles.
Why courage?
To shed an unwanted habit in our life.
The difference between being foolish and being courageous was understood with simple examples.
We heard the story of Ratnakara a robber who later became Valmika rishi and wrote the greatest epic Ramayana. How brave he was to give up something totally irrelevant he had.
To err is human. We make lot of mistakes. But accepting and apologizing needs to have courage. That mind is a strong mind.
Art Projects-
Today we started doing the backbone possessing all good qualities to get a great physical posture and a strong and clean mind. We worked on Buddhi and Bhalam. (we will continue every class until we finish)
The next art project is the Thoran making. We continued working on the second leaf. We plan to do 11 leaves as we finish, we will tie them and you can decorate your pooja place/spot at home.
We worked on the first 5 couplets of Guru Stotram. This week's homework is to keep practicing all lines (1 to 5) every night before bedtime (ideally) or any time is convenient. But we need to practice.
Kindly mark initials in the prayer log (assembly handout)
Important Announcements.
Please send in pencils, erasers, markers and crayons all in a pencil case.
Please send in a Healthy nut free snack.
Please send in a hand sanitizer.
Attached is a pic which prettymuch summarizes the class.
Thank you.
Regards
Dhairyam Teachers.
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